These are the academic standards all financial aid
applicants and recipients must meet:
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Students must
maintain the minimum GPA requirements needed for continued enrollment as
shown in the University catalog. Students whose grade point averages
place them on academic probation are eligible for financial aid if they
meet the hour requirements specified below. |
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Students are
encouraged to plan their course load in order to complete approximately
one-fourth of the graduation requirements each year. The financial aid
eligibility is 150 percent of the published length of the program or 192
credits (at least 128 credits are required for graduation). |
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Full-time students
must register for and should successfully complete a minimum of 12
credit hours for each semester of enrollment for which full-time aid is
received. |
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Three-quarter time students must register for
and should successfully complete a minimum of nine (9) credit hours for
each semester of enrollment for which three-quarter time aid is
received. |
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Half-time students
must register for and should successfully complete a minimum of six (6)
credit hours for each semester of enrollment for which half-time aid is
received. |
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Students must
successfully complete the minimum number of hours each semester and also
each year. |
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Full-time students
must successfully complete at least six (6) credits for one semester and
24 credits for the academic year. |
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Three-quarter time
students must successfully complete four (4) credits for one
semester and 18 credits for the academic year. |
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Half-time students
must successfully complete two (2) credits for one semester and 12
credits for the academic year. |
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Repeated courses or courses
with a grade of I (incomplete), DG, F, AF, NA, NE or W (withdrawal) do
not count toward the earned hours required for satisfactory program
determination. |
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Every
student's progress will be evaluated as grades become available at the
end of each semester. FINANCIAL AID PROBATION will go into effect
when the following occurs: |
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Full-time students
complete less than 12 credits but at least six (6). |
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Three-quarter time
students complete less than nine (9) credits but at least four (4). |
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Half-time students
complete less than six (6) credits but at least two (2). |
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At the end of
each semester, academic records are reviewed for all financial aid
recipients to identify those who have not met the satisfactory academic
progress standards. Students will receive notification if they
are being placed on financial aid probation or suspension. |
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FINANCIAL
AID PROBATION allows a student one semester of continued aid at the
end of which the total of hours successfully completed must equal the
minimum required for both semesters of aid (i.e., FT=24, QT=18, HT=12).
Students passing the requisite number of hours by the end of the
semester of probation will be fully reinstated and the probationary
status dropped. |
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If students
fail to successfully complete the minimum hours by the end of the
semester of probation, they are placed on FINANCIAL AID SUSPENSION.
Students not passing the minimum of any single semester of funding
(i.e., FT=6, QT=4, HT=2) are placed on financial aid suspension
immediately. |
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Students
placed on financial aid suspension may submit a written appeal within
two weeks of notification to the Director of Financial Aid stating the
reasons they believe there were extenuating circumstances that
affected their academic performance and an academic plan to correct the
failure to progress satisfactorily. The Director of Financial Aid will
refer the appeal to the Financial Aid Appeals Committee that will review
the student request and statement of extenuating circumstances. The
student will receive written confirmation of the Appeals Committee's
decision, which is final. |
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Students on
financial aid suspension may be reinstated on probation after one year
if they document satisfactory progress at Maryville or at another
college or university during that period of time. |
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At the end of
each academic year, the Financial Aid Office will survey each student
not making satisfactory progress. |
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Students
receiving institutional scholarship funding which carries an additional
GPA requirement will be reviewed for credit hours progress each
semester; however, the GPA will be monitored at the end of each academic
year to determine renewability for the next academic year. |
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* The use of the full-time specification
throughout this document refers to the academic requirement of a
minimum of twelve (12) credit hours and not the pricing requirement for
Weekend & Evening College students, which establishes full-time charges
for students taking 13-18 credit hours. |
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